SAT MOST COMMON WORDS WITH
EXPLANATIONS /1000 VOCABULARY Q&A
abase
(v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader
offered to bow down to his conqueror.)
abate
(v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
abdicate
(v.) to give up a position, usually one of leadership (When he realized that the
revolutionaries would surely win, the king abdicated his throne.)
abduct
,(v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the fairy princess from her
happy home.)
aberration
(n.) something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the
World Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox have
not won a World Series since.)
abet
(v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the
inside to abet him.)
abhor
(v.) to hate, detest (Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head when
he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor the sport.)
abide
1. (v.) to put up with (Though he did not agree with the decision, Chuck decided to
abide by it.) 2. (v.) to remain (Despite the beating they've taken from the weather
throughout the millennia, the mountains abide.)
,abject
(adj.) wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling into a puddle, and
breaking her ankle, Eloise was abject.)
abjure
(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil
policies of his wicked predecessor.)
abnegation
(n.) denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man slept on the floor, took only cold
showers, and generally followed other practices of abnegation.)
abort
(v.) to give up on a half-finished project or effort (After they ran out of food, the
men, attempting to jump rope around the world, had to abort and go home.)
abridge
1. (v.) to cut down, shorten (The publisher thought the dictionary was too long and
abridged it.) 2. (adj.) shortened (Moby-Dick is such a long book that even the
abridged version is longer than most normal books.)
, abrogate
(v.) to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the government
cannot abrogate our right to a free press.)
abscond
(v.) to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy absconded into the
night with the secret plans.)
absolution
(n.) freedom from blame, guilt, sin (Once all the facts were known, the jury gave
Angela absolution by giving a verdict of not guilty.)
abstain
(v.) to freely choose not to commit an action (Everyone demanded that Angus put on
the kilt, but he did not want to do it and abstained.)
abstruse
EXPLANATIONS /1000 VOCABULARY Q&A
abase
(v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader
offered to bow down to his conqueror.)
abate
(v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
abdicate
(v.) to give up a position, usually one of leadership (When he realized that the
revolutionaries would surely win, the king abdicated his throne.)
abduct
,(v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the fairy princess from her
happy home.)
aberration
(n.) something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the
World Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox have
not won a World Series since.)
abet
(v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the
inside to abet him.)
abhor
(v.) to hate, detest (Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head when
he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor the sport.)
abide
1. (v.) to put up with (Though he did not agree with the decision, Chuck decided to
abide by it.) 2. (v.) to remain (Despite the beating they've taken from the weather
throughout the millennia, the mountains abide.)
,abject
(adj.) wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling into a puddle, and
breaking her ankle, Eloise was abject.)
abjure
(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil
policies of his wicked predecessor.)
abnegation
(n.) denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man slept on the floor, took only cold
showers, and generally followed other practices of abnegation.)
abort
(v.) to give up on a half-finished project or effort (After they ran out of food, the
men, attempting to jump rope around the world, had to abort and go home.)
abridge
1. (v.) to cut down, shorten (The publisher thought the dictionary was too long and
abridged it.) 2. (adj.) shortened (Moby-Dick is such a long book that even the
abridged version is longer than most normal books.)
, abrogate
(v.) to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the government
cannot abrogate our right to a free press.)
abscond
(v.) to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy absconded into the
night with the secret plans.)
absolution
(n.) freedom from blame, guilt, sin (Once all the facts were known, the jury gave
Angela absolution by giving a verdict of not guilty.)
abstain
(v.) to freely choose not to commit an action (Everyone demanded that Angus put on
the kilt, but he did not want to do it and abstained.)
abstruse
